Saturday, April 30, 2011

I love that we're withing in short walking distance of a park, a HUGE outdoor pool with FOUR waterslides, diving pool, fountains, sand playground plus tennis courts, a skateboard park, basketball hoop the list goes on and on. I can pretty much guess where Jamie will be spending his days as he gets older and I love he only has to cross on neighborhood street to get there!﻿

Friday, April 29, 2011

When did Harry become the hotter of the two Princes?? Do you think the rumors of Diana's affair with her body guard are true? Either way...he needs to be thanking his lucky stars he got his mama's good looks!

Happy Friday! The hubs and I have a date night on Saturday with some of my fave bloggers and their main squeezes! Eeek! Can't wait!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

It's hard to believe it's been half a year since I saw your face or heard your voice.

Argued with you over something stupid.﻿
Laughed with you.
Cried with you.
It's amazing all the things that remind me of you....a McDonald's drive thru, a pair of pineapple sandals....
I love it and hate it all at the same time.
I'll hear a new song and wonder if you would have liked it.
I'll watch Jamie do something and wonder what you would have said.
I don't know if anyone else can see, but I see it in myself.
I've changed.
I see the world so differently these days.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Well I couldn't resist sharing a few pictures from Mr. J's first Easter!

If you've been following me long enough, you may remember THIS post....the one where my mom and I went shopping shortly after finding out Jamie was a HE! It's during that spree we picked up his Easter outfit for this year, hard to believe he finally got to wear it! Palm tree pants, sweater vests and boat shoes oh my!

He looked mighty handsome if I do say so myself.....I'm pretty sure my mom would have agreed!

Now if only I could get one, just ONE, decent family picture where the baby isn't enamored with my necklace and my husband keeps his eyes open. Is that too hard to ask for?

All that we were waiting for to officially pull the trigger was our tax refund.

Well it showed up in our checking account yesterday and I immediately got buyer's remorse.

Sad considering I haven't even booked anything yet.

I know I said we were going to be all frivolous and spend the money on a much need vacay for my 30th....something I was supposed to do with my mom.

Well in the back of my mind is my mom's practical voice saying

"Should you really be spending that money on a trip???"

My car needs new tires. Our basement needs a wall and we haven't been able to use the shower in the master bathroom since July.

Sigh. I hate being all adult and practical, but I have a hard time splurging with so many things hanging over my head. The hubs says it's my choice in the end. It's my birthday and he knows how hard it's going to be without my mom. He even said if I didn't want to take the trip, I should buy the camera I've been lusting over. Tempting hun, but trading one frivolous purchase for another isn't really solving anything.

I know life is short, my mom is proof of that, and at the end of the day do I want to know I lived everyday to it's fullest.....or do I want to take the safe, practical route?

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

While I probably should be thanking my son and his wonderful new tax deduction,

he's not the one actually cutting the check, so sorry kid, no credit for you! :)

We have a lot of things we could do with this money...

pay off some bills

fix our house

put it into savings

But we're living on the edge.

Something I rarely do when large sums of money drop into my lap.

But I'm turning 30 in less than 2 months....

and my mom should have been turning 60 shortly after.

We were supposed to take a David girls trip to commemorate the occasion....

That's obviously not gonna happen anymore, which makes me all kinds of sad.

I toyed with the idea of not celebrating at all, our birthdays were a day apart and this year is going to be hard enough and I'm (still) not sure how I'm going to feel about celebrating, but my mom wouldn't have wanted me to let my special day go to waste.

So the hubs and I are taking our new found moolah, packing our bags and heading to VEGAS!

Neither of us have ever been, and what better place to spend the dirty thirty right?

To the Vegas veterans out there, any ideas on where to stay and must sees??﻿

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Hello friends! Another month gone by, can you believe it! I was EIGHT months old on Saturday!

It's been pretty exciting around here.

I finally rolled over! Mom got so excited, waving her arms around and "woo hooing" you'd think she won the lotto. Instead it just got the dogs all riled up which caused moose to jump on me and scare me to death. Good job mom. I calmed down pretty quick though and rolled over again! Mom tried to tape it, but by that 3rd time I was kind of done with it and refused. I'm stubborn, what can I say!﻿

I also got my top front teeth this month. About time, I've been a drool machine for.ev.er! The left one has completely broken through, the right one is soon to follow. I've been putting my teeth to good use too, eating puffs and mum-mums like a champ. Mom tries to tell me not to shove 50 into my mouth at once, but what fun is that!?! I'm usually just so stoked one actually gets in my mouth! I also eat two "solid" meals a day now. Moving on up in the world of food and loving it! My favorite are the Plum Pouches. YUM! Mango's are my top choice with the Spinach, Peas and Pears a close second. Daddy thinks it's funny that I seem to prefer the organic foods. What can I say, I have good taste! Maybe I'll be a chef when I grow up just like Great Grandpa George!

Speaking of Great Grandparents....I helped celebrate my Great Grandma Helen's 97th Birthday this month! 97! Wow! She doesn't always know who I am, but she sure thinks I'm cute! Do you blame her?!

I'm still not crawling, but I'm getting pretty good at scooting on my butt. I've discovered I can open the doors on the TV stand and will entertain myself with it for hours. Open. Slam. Laugh. Repeat. I also like to stand holding on to things. My crib. The couch. The table. You name it, I'll hang on to it. I haven't quite mastered pulling my own self up though....usually it looks like I'm doing chin ups before I give up and sit back down. Mom thinks I'm trying to stand up on my own, but really I'm just working out the guns.

I went to the doctor yesterday for my ear infection follow up. All clear! They also weighed me....18.6 pounds! Not sure how tall, but mom guesses I'm closing in on 29.5-30 inches by the way my clothes are fitting. I can still wear some of my 9 mos things, but all my new summer clothes are 12 mos and fitting pretty good. Mom packed away most of my too small clothes and can't believe I ever fit into some of those tiny little things!

My hair is looking a little Strawberry Blond these days and mom thinks I may be a red head. It looks different all the time so who knows! One things for sure though, it's getting LONG! The sides are over my ears and the front is in my eyes all the time! The baby comb over just isn't cutting it anymore! Daddy wants to cut it, mommy can't bring herself to do it yet. Plus she's not convinced I'll sit still long enough for someone even if she tried. I may be rocking to Justin Bieber for just a few more months!

Friday, April 8, 2011

Roses to one of my fave bloggers KLaw for bringing back roses and thorns! Oh how I've missed them!

Roses to finally finding time to blog.....did ya miss me?! This week has been crazy busy with work....oh and that sinus infection that decided to come back didn't help my cause either.

Roses to Vampire Diaries coming back this week. (Yes I admit to watching this show religiously....as does my husband. Judge if you must)

Roses to my son who finally rolled over! Just shy of 8 months, better late than never!

Double roses to my son who's finally sleeping through the night again!!

Roses to some fabulous weather lately. Though we hit a record last Sunday....92! Holy cow!

Roses to Bday lunches with the girls....and baby boys that behave the whole time!

Roses to fun nights out with friends! Pirate balls, "members only" bars, tang shots and girl in boots. Who knew these two old married people could still have a good time!

Roses to grandpa's who have sleepovers with their grandson so the above mentioned could have a much needed night out!

Thorns to falling off the MILF wagon this week. I blame the sinus infection.....and the PMS.....and the mini cadbury eggs.

Thorns to the CD player in my car being broke.....radio lately has sucked serious ass and it's making my already redonkulous commute feel even longer. Seriously Rihanna? You love the smell of sex in the air?

Thorns to Rihanna and her stupid catchy song that won't get out of my head!

Thorns to the double ear infection that had my poor little man in fits last week. Here I thought he was just teething.....mom fail.